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Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

Texas pitcher Parker French. / Alonzo Adams/Associated Press

While some of the players drafted by the Detroit Tigers last weekend are heading to Lakeland, Fla. to begin their pro careers, six are heading to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher Adam Ravenelle found out he was drafted by the Tigers after a Super Regional game Saturday against Stanford.

“I found out the good news that I’d gotten taken after the game,” he said. “We just wanted to focus on the game and not focus on the draft.

“I’d say it is really weird timing (for the draft). This is the most important time of our season and it’s the same time as the draft is going on. You don’t want to take away from anything the team is trying to do. It’s easier to focus on the team.”

The Commodores (46-19) advanced to the CWS for the second time in school history after knocking off the Cardinal on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt opens with Louisville at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Ravenelle said out of the bullpen he relies on a four-seam fastball and slider.

“I do have a changeup that I don’t throw very often, just because it is a third pitch and I don’t want to get beat late in a game with my third pitch over my two that I really trust.”

On Sunday, Virginia will face Mississippi at 8 p.m. The Tigers drafted two players from each team. They took a pair of right-handed pitchers from Virginia, Artie Lewicki in the 8th round and Whit Mayberry in the 21st round. The Tigers took Mississippi right-handed pitcher Josh Laxer in the ninth round and then catcher Will Allen in the 13th round.

■ NOTEBOOK: Jim Callis of MLB.com tweeted that Tigers third-round pick Grayson Greiner, a catcher from South Carolina, agreed on a deal for $529,400, then later that 14th-round pick Josh Heddinger, a right-hander from Georgia Tech, signed for $100,000. …. Kansas State outfielder M. Ross Kivett, a sixth round pick, tweeted today: “off to Lakeland.”

Contact George Sipple: gsipple@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @georgesipple.